ken owens, who was ca tainin: analysing that. ken owens, who was captaining his— analysing that. who was captaining his country for the first i captaining his country for the first time, a really tough afternoon for him and his welsh team—mates. their next match, they go to murrayfield to face scotland. what isn't going to face scotland. what isn't going to help the welsh is they only play one more match here at the principality stadium, and that is against england at the end of the month. i suppose they will consult themselves that far better teams than themselves will lose to the irish in this championship. white back ollie foster there and much more reaction to those great wins for ireland and scotland over on the bbc sport website gloucester hartpury maintained their 100% record in the women's premier 15s. they beat bristol bears by 19 points to 17, to make it ten wins out of ten so far this season. they sit three points clear of the exeter chiefs. gloucester hartpury have a 100 % record in the league this season, but exeter have only had one defeat in their ten games. they c

ken owens, who was captaining _ us it analysing that. ken owens, who was captaining his country for- us it analysing that. ken owens, who was captaining his country for the i was captaining his country for the first time, really tough afternoon for him and his welsh team—mates. their next match, they go to murrayfield to face scotland. what also isn't going to the welsh as they look at get back into this championship, they only play one more match here at the principality stadium. that is against england at the end of the month. they will, i suppose, console themselves that far better teams than themselves will lose to the irish in this championship. lose to the irish in this chamionshi -. ~ ,,., , championship. absolutely, we will leave it there _ championship. absolutely, we will leave it there at _ championship. absolutely, we will leave it there at the _ championship. absolutely, we will leave it there at the principality i leave it there at the principality stadium. ollie foster, thank you. that match wasn't particularly close, but

in the last half an hour, the chief- last half an hour, the chief executive and ken owens came out tow contract, which was down to a variable aspect in that a portion of their salaries would be performance—based and the new chief executive said that would be a hybrid model moving forward and the players were happy with that. it was clear on the face of captain ken owens this had been a strain on him and the players this week. they had been robust conversations between the players and the wru and when i put it to nigel walker that really had this damaged the reputation of the welsh rugby union he said it hadn't been great that they were hoping to learn from these mistakes. thank you. swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres are struggling with their energy bills — so much so that many are wondering if they'll be able to stay open if the government goes ahead with plans to scale back its support scheme. now olympic gold medalists and other atheletes have attempted to throw them a lifeline by signing a letter to the government asking for more help. matt graveling has the story. in at the

after a week when their own captain described wales as the laughing stock of world rugby, can ken owensvanise his team to their first six nations win of the season against england? arsenal's lead at the top of the premier league is five points. but for how long? manchester city are hoping to match the gunners�* win at leicester. also coming up in the programme... a0 years old and the number one in the world. james anderson helps england take control of the second test in new zealand. another british record, but gutted not to break the world's best mark. keely hodgkinson wins the 800 metres at the world indoor tour final. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. welcome along to sportsday. it wasn't as convincing as many expected, but ireland are still on course for a six nations grand slam after another bonus point win. they beat italy in rome, but not before being rattled by their opponents. jim lumsden reports. ireland were top of the tree with two bonus point win, surely more of the same would follow in rome. they hurled themselves at the italian, a try ruled out after a my o

captain ken owen says he's proud of the unity shown by the squad and now wants the focus to switch backeld. what's done is done. what's gone is gone. we've made a stand, we've, i think, made people stand up and take notice. shown the strength we have as a plane group and we can move on now and concentrate on the rugby. hopefully will get things done and the players will have their seats at the table and a voice and we won't end up in the situation again. in the premiership, bath missed the chance to get off the bottom of the table. they were leading bristol by 13 points to 12 at the rec when a] macginty�*s penalty gave the visitors a 15—12 victory. bristol are only two places above bath. hull fc and warrington have joined hull kr in winning their first two games of the new super league season. warrington won 16—12 at huddersfield. while hull subjected leeds to their second straight defeat. scott taylor's late try gave them a 22—18 victory at headingley. elsehwere wigan beat wakefield 60 points to nil. and finally — the hollywood owners of wrexham, ryan reynolds and rob mcellhennney are

wales didn't take long to answer back and their captain ken owens kept them in touch with scotland who3—7 at the break. in the second half the hosts began to build on their lead, finn russell twice combined with kyle steyn for two tries, the second with an inch perfect kick, finished off by steyn. another superb scottish move provided for the bonus point winning fourth try, this time blaire kinghorn getting his name on the scoresheet.. this time blaire kinghorn matt fagerson added another to complete a convincing win... let's go to murrayfield now where we can join our correspondent andy swiss... scotland won the calcutta cup last weekend... that has a history that stretches back centuries. but dottie ware has had his hand on the trophy for the less time and the truth being won by scotland. . �* , scotland. that's right hugh. appointment _ scotland. that's right hugh. appointment victory - scotland. that's right hugh. appointment victory in - scotland. that's right hugh. appointment victory in that| scotland. that's right hugh. - appointment victory in that sense. a fantastic atmospher

have been very costly for the union, and those in cardiff who benefit from the occasion but captain ken owens the shirt after two defeats. like i said, it has been a horrendous two weeks. but we can only focus on the rugby now and moving forward, that's what we need to concentrate on. that kicks off in around an hour and a half's time. meanwhile, ireland are looking for their third win out of three. they are in rome and it is half time. they lead italy 24—17, having scored the four tries that brings them a six nations bonus point. the focus is on the extremes of the premier league table with the six games today. with leaders arsenal and second—placed manchester city both playing. arsenal arsenal can, temporarily at least, re—establish a five—point lead. they've started their game at leicester. it is, like all of the three o'clock kick—offs, goalless currently. the meeting of the bottom two at elland road between leeds and southampton after recently appointing two managers. the 5.30 game is manchester city at bournemouth. they will be watching leicester city and arsenal at the king power stadi

in the last hour, the wales captain, ken owens, and the wru's acting chief executive, nigel walker, addressed media together. iam i am pleased to announce that after extensive conversations and discussions over the last week, the wales versus england game will go ahead as scheduled. it's important that going forward we continue the dialogue which we have had over the last week or so, but not under the circumstances we have had over the last week or so. ken and i and some of the senior players will be meeting more regular than we have in the past. there's been a huge frustration over the last number of months. it was disappointing it got to the stage. we months. it was disappointing it got to the stage-— to the stage. we have to make a stand. i think— to the stage. we have to make a stand. i think the _ to the stage. we have to make a stand. i think the collaboration l stand. i think the collaboration and conversations that have taken place over the _ conversations that have taken place over the last week or ten days have shown_ over the last week or ten days have shown that — over the last we

a sombre preface press conference there led by ken owens. the welsh rugby caption and nigel walker. degrees. it has been getting click today but the temperatures are more where they should be at this stage of february. february has been a mild month. there has been cloud cover across the uk and a number of showers the sub having once for western scotland and northern ireland in wills and a few patches of rain for parts of england. despite the cloudy weather, we managed to see a bit of sunshine coming through in the west. this was a glass go towards the end of the day. overnight, tonight, and cloudy rent would be restricted to southern areas as we progress through the net. clear skies chasing that across scotland, northern ireland and parts of england. a colder night with widespread frost and temperatures down to —3 in the cola series. it will be frost free in the south with the cloud of rain. thursday, a risk of high pressure given largely clear skies ahead of the weather system in scotland. it would be a frosty start in scotland and northern ireland and northern england with some t

captain ken owen says he's proud of the unity shown by the squad and now wants the focus to switch back we can only focus on the rugby now and moving forward, that's what we need to concentrate on —— like i said. elsewhere, top—of—the—table ireland travel to rome as their quest for grand slam glory continues when they face italy this afternoon. in contrast, their opponents have lost both games so far but coach andy farrell isn't taking anything for granted. the reality is that this is our third game of the competition and we expect it to be our best performance of the competition, that's how it should be and that's what we're aiming for. the respect that we've got for italy is exactly where it should be, very high. the development of what they've shown over the last 12 months has been super impressive, so we are in for a tough game. in the premiership, bristol edged a nervy win to complete a west country derby double. they were behind 12—13 at the recreation ground when aj macginty�*s penalty put them ahead to win a 15—13 victory. bristol are only two places above bath, who remain botto